Whip-cane



(N'o Model.)

M. 0. FELKER.

WHIP GANE.

No. 482,895. Patented Sept. 20, '1892.

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UNITED STATESV PATENT OFFICE.

MELANcTHoN o. FELKER, oF SPRINGFIELD, oIIIo.

WHIP-CAN E.

SPECIFICATION .To all whom it nfl/ay concern:

Beit known thatI, MELANcTHoN O. FELKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Springfield, in the county of Clark and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Whip-Canes, of which the following is a specification, reference be- Ing had therein to the accompanying draw- Ings.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in whips, and is especially adapted to the style in which the whipis designed to be used as a cane, and being an improvementover myLettersPatent,No. 459,081, dated September S, 1891, and the peculiarities of which will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.'

In the accompanying drawings, on which like reference-letters indicate corresponding parts, Figure 1 represents a longitudinal sec-` tional view of the handle end of the stock; Fig. 2, a cross-section on the line fr, Fig. l; Fig. 3, a sectional View of a portion of awhip end; Fig. 4, a partial sectional view of a portion of the stock and whip end at the connecting-joint; Fig. 5, a detail of a blank from which the spiral is formed; Fig. 6, a detail of the spiral formed from said blank; Fig. 7, a view of the whip complete; and Fig. 8, a view of the device when used as a cane, the whip end being mounted within the stock, as dotted.

rlhe letter A designates the stock, and the letter B the whip portion, mounted thereon by asuitable joint C. In my former patent before referred to I use a ilexible metallic hollow core. I propose in the present construction to secure greater flexibility by constructing a core D, of sheet metal, in the form of a spiral, and the edges of which are separated by aspacecl of sufticient size to prevent the adjacent portions from overlapping or buckling when the core is put to ordinary use. Each portion of the section or spiral has therefore sufficient play between the adjacent sections, and a great flexibility, combined with resistance to being collapsed, is secured. The core D is preferably tapered in size of crosssection from the butt outward, and the coreblank D, from which the spiral form D is made, is also tapered, whereby a further increase of flexibility as the size diminishes is forming part of Let-ters Patent No. 482,895, dated September 20, 1892.

Application tiled April 8, 1892. Serial No. 428,287.l (Nomotlel.)

secured. Figs. 5 and 6 show the blank form and the coiled spiral form of said core.

In Fig. 1 I provide an auxiliary tube E,in serted or oth erwise connected with the core D, to provide additional stiffness and weight to the handle end of the stock. the core is preferably wrapped with thin paper F to prevent the glue used in securing the inclosing wrapping of canvas or other filling G from entering the open spaces d. Additional paper F may be used outside the canvas, and a covering of leather H or other suitable outsidewrappng maybe used, as desired.

The handle end of the stock is provided with a ferrule I, swaged 'down upon or otherwise secured to said end and provided with screw-threads for the mounting of the capping .I thereon,as shown in Fig. 1. The outer end of the stock is provided with a tip K, Fig. 4, swaged down upon the core and its inclosing layers, the interior of the core being stiened by a plug L, of wood or other suitable material, to resist the compressive action and secure stiffness at the joint. The sleeve or ferrule M matches the screw-threaded tipferrule K, as in Fig. 4, and is secured to the whip end, which may be similarly formed to .the stock end or be of the ordinary construction. I will describe and illustrate, however, an improved whip portion embodying the spiral core. This form is shownin Figs. 3 and 4. In Fig. 3 the spiral core is provided with a continuation or tip end ot' the rawhide N, fitting within the small end ofthe metal core and tapering to a point beyond, thus forming a tough flexible tip end. The spiral core and the rawhide extension may be wrapped as above described or in any suitable manner. In order to render the whip end solid and prevent too great flexibility thereof,I employ'a rattan illing O, Figs. 3 and 4, within the remainder of the spiral core above described not occupied bythe rawhide end. This filling also assists in holding the spiral core-sections in place and resists excessive bending, tendency to buckle the sections on each other, and prevents the set of the metal.

I have provided in the above construction a gradually -increasing flexibility from the handle to the tip end of a whip and a stiffness and resiliency that will preserve the The outside of.

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form and shape of the whip, while giving great flexibility thereto.

As shown in Fig. 8, the whip end when dismounted from the stock may be inelosed within said stock. I may construct this whip M in the ordinary manner and of the ordinary or any desired materials instead of constructing the whole whip of the improved form above described and illustrated without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Iam aware that a whip-coupling consisting of a tube of thin metal in which sharp spiral grooves are formed adapted to screw their way upon the covering of the broken ends of a whip and form a joint is old; also, that a whip with a spiral core and an outer wrapping and a vconnecting interior stay-rod located within said core from one end to the other has been shown and described previous to my application. lay claim to such devices, but present myinvention as specific improvements over such forms and as possessing points of practical advantage, as hereinbefore set forth.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. As an improvement in whip-canes, the combination, with .aY hollow open core of sheet metal wound in a spiral form with an open channel between the edges, substantially as shown and described, of aplug at the lesser end within the core, a tip-ferrule of compressible metal at the lesser end, having spiral I do not therefore grooves indented into the saine While mounted on the end, whereby the plug resists the compressive action in forming the grooves and the latter maintain the tip-ferrule in place, and a whip end having a matching ferrule adapted to screw upon said tip-ferrule for use as a Whip and to be mounted within the core for use as a cane.

2. As an improvementin whipcanes,aspe cial form of whip end, consisting of a taper ing and spirally-Wound sheet-metal eorewith open edges to give flexibility, a filling of rattan within said core to prevent the buckling of the core at the edges when bent extremely, an outer capping of overlapping layers, a rawhidetip extension inserted Within said core and covering, a hollow open core adapted to receive said Whip end and constitute the stock of the whip, wrapping-layers outside said stock to give body thereto, a stiffeningtube at the butt-end, acap therefor, a stiftening-plug at the outer end of the stock to solidify the core, a tip-ferrule inclosing said end and layers and held thereon by indented spiral grooves, substantially as shown and described, and a matching ferrule secured to the whip end to mount thelatteron thestock for use as a whip.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MELANCTHON O. FELKER. Witnesses: WARREN M. MCNAIR, JAS. C. DAWLEY. 

